…often between ourselves and those nearest and dearest to us there exi…

Louisa May Alcott
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…often between ourselves and those nearest and dearest to us there exists a reserve which it is very hard to overcome. ✨ Louisa May Alcott (2001). Little Women, p.387, Broadview Press
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